Legal Opinion

Southmark Properties and St. Charles Avenue, Inc. v. The Charles House Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 28, 1984No. 83-3546PublishedCited by 203 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we examine the res judicata effect of the sale of property authorized by a federal district court under Chapter 10 of the Bankruptcy Act. 1

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FACTS

Appellant The Charles House Corporation developed and built a residential real estate development in New Orleans, Louisiana known as The Charles House. Appellant David F. Craig, Sr. (Craig) is president and a twenty-five percent stockholder of the corporation. 2 Appellee Southmark Properties (Southmark), formerly Citizens & Southern Realty Investors, was a real estate investment trust engaged in, among other…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  5. Wilma Virginia Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by203 opinions

  1. Southmark Corp. v. Coopers & LybrandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  2. Oneida Motor Freight, Inc. v. United Jersey BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
  3. Robert J. Guidry v. Bank of Laplace, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  4. Sanders Confectionery Products, Inc. v. Heller Financial, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
  5. James Clark v. Amoco Production Co., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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